Pfieffe (Fulda)

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The Pfieffe is a 21.4 km long, east or right-side tributary of the Fulda in northern Hesse Osthessischen Bergland in the Schwalm- Eder-Kreis, Germany.

Course

The Pfieffe rises in the northeast part of the Schwalm-Eder -Kreis Fulda- Werra in the Highlands, part of Osthessischen highlands. Your source is located in the extreme north of the Stölzinger Mountains approximately 900 m north-northeast of the village is not situated at the Pfieffe Weidelbach ( north-easterly Spangenberg district ) on the southwestern edge of 583 m above sea level. NN high iceberg at around 390 m above sea level. NN.

Initially, the Pfieffe flows west passing to the south, the west portal of the tunnel Bisch Offer Or, after Bischofferode, the easternmost district of Spangenberg. Then it runs along the country road 3227 west southwestward through the district Pfieffe, after which the Vocke Bach and Bach country open out. Then it flows westward through the Spangenberg nucleus in which the Spangenberg castle stands on a mountain peak above the Pfieffetals. Henceforth, the watercourse flows along the national road 487 and immediately takes Spangenberg below the Esse Bach on.

Thereafter, the Pfieffe runs through the district Mörshausen, forming a part of the North West boundary of the Stölzinger Mountains in the middle and lower reaches and flows through the southern part of the Melsunger highlands, part of the Fulda- Werra highlands. Then it proceeds, after first passing under B 487 and the 812 m long Pfieffetalbrücke the high-speed line Hannover -Würzburg, westwards through Adelhausen, a southeastern district of Melsungen. Shortly after, she runs through the industrial area Melsunger Pfieffewiesen where they will last be bridged by the B 487.

Finally, the Pfieffe opens about 2 km to the south and above the center of the core Melsunger town located just 200 m after passing under the highway 83 coming from the east in the flowing there from the south about Weser- source river Fulda.

Catchment and inflows

The catchment area of ​​Pfieffe, which extends from the mountains of Stölzinger Mountains to its mouth in the Fulda, covers 117.082 km ². Among the tributaries of the Pfieffe belong with orographic mapping (l = left side, R = right side), river length and Mündungsort with Pfieffeflusskilometer ( downriver considered ):

• Mostebach
• Drought Pfieffe ( l; 3 km), below Bischofferode (near km 17.7 )
• Brühbach (r; 3 km), in Mörshausen (near 5.75 km )